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Money in fiction, be it coins or paper is often stored inside sacks. These often have a dollar sign on them, despite the location the events take place (the origin of a dollar sign predates the US dollar though). The money bag is a very easy way to indicate wealth to a place or a person compared to, say, jewelry or fancy noble clothing. The small money bag is common enough before the time of paper money to be carried by commoners and nobles alike.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': An alien robs a high-speed train disguised as Billy the Kid atop a flying horse for a lark and he leaves with the loot in a white bag with a $ printed on the side.

* In the early Creator/HaroldLloyd short ''The Big Idea'', a bag marked "$10,000" is found hidden in a vase.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': An alien robs a high speed train disguised as Billy the Kid atop a flying horse for a lark and he leaves with the loot in a white bag with a $ printed on the side.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}'', Kate Walker has to get her [[CoolTrain clockwork train]] towed by a canal boat to reach its winding station. Problem is, the boat crew demand 100 dollars in payment. When Kate manages to do a number of tasks for the nearby university's rectors, they give her a pouch of coins with a dollar sign on it. Especially strange, given that the game takes place in largely ''european cities''.

* As the practice of collecting old circulated silver coins (such as pre-1965 90% silver American coins) for the purpose of investment has grown more popular, some bullion dealers sell their bulk silver coins in sacks. It’s quite mesmerising to watch hundreds of shiny silver coins being poured out from these bags, as seen in [[https://youtu.be/g67uW2fAgn4 this video by a budding numismatist with a bag of mixed dimes]].

* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': While meeting with the Coachman, Honest John and Gideon show off a small sack containing the meager sum Stromboli paid them in exchange for Pinocchio. As the Coachman begins to make his proposition, he asks them, "How would you blokes like to make some ''real'' money?" and produces a much larger sack full of gold coins.

For some reason, money in fiction, be it coins or paper is often stored inside sacks. These often have a dollar sign on them, despite the location the events take place (the origin of a dollar sign predates the US dollar though). The money bag is a very easy way to indicate wealth to a place or a person compared to, say, jewelry or fancy noble clothing. The small money bag is common enough before the time of paper money to be carried by commoners and nobles alike.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000:'' In ''[[ Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E02CryWilderness Cry Wilderness]]'', Kinga and Max "invent" new ice cream cake designs for the Carvel franchise by rotating the Fudgie the Whale mold. One of these designs is "Bag of Money".

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000:'' In ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E02CryWilderness'', Kinga and Max "invent" new ice cream cake designs for the Carvel franchise by rotating the Fudgie the Whale mold. One of these designs is "Bag of Money".

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* ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S.]]'': When Lucy Diamond and Scud return stolen money, it's stored in large bags, each with a dollar sign on it.

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* In ''{{WebVideo/Jerma985}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLzYHiYauoc#t=151 Fast Draw: Showdown]], Jerma spotted a lady running away with a cartoonishly large money bag, he called it a "Scrooge [=McDuck=] Bag".

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* Used in [[https://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc?t=80 this clip]] about workplace motivation where the money bag is used to symbolize a big reward.
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* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': While meeting with the Coachman, Honest John and Gideon show off a small sack containing the meager sum Stromboli paid them in exchange for Pinocchio. As the Coachman begins to make his proposition, he asks them "How would you blokes like to make some ''real'' money?" and produces a much larger sack full of gold coins.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'': the mayor gives Ms. Mavilda two money bags after coming to check the orphanage. And he outright says that "two bags" is the usual ammount of money he gives her.

* ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S]]''. When Lucy Diamond and Scud return stolen money, it's stored in large bags, each with a dollar sign on it.
* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] showing the titular ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', the poor Mexican peasants offer the Amigos a reward of a large bag with a "$" on it.
* In early Creator/HaroldLloyd short ''The Big Idea'', a bag marked "$10,000" is found hidden in a vase.

* UnclePennybags from ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' is often shown carrying bags of money. There was also a sack ofmoney as a playable token from 1999 that was retired in 2007.

* In some of the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' games, the enemies drop money bags with a dollar sign on them. Surprisingly, a lot of the games take place outside the US and even before the dollar was issued for the first time.

* Dollar signed bags are commonly found in ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors''. These also increase the score.

* ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' series takes place in a medieval setting. Despite that, dollar bags are found.

* UnclePennybags from ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' is often shown carrying bags of money.

* The robber in [[http://zeropercentdiscountcomic.tumblr.com/post/49615138121 this]] strip from ''Webcomic/ZeroPercentDiscount'' carries a money bag.

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* ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S]]''. When Lucy Diamond and Scud return stolen money, it's stored in large bags, each with a dollar sign on it.

* Comes up in ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' when T-Rex he comes up with the idea of making laundry bags with dollar signs on them to riff on this trope ([[https://topatoco.com/collections/ryan-north/products/qw-moneybag they were later]] {{Defictionalised}}!)

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his review of "the worst Christmas Special ever" Doug gets irritated at the caretaker in ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'' who pays the patroness of the orphanage two money bags all the time. The character doesn't even mention the amount of money. He just says: "Here are your two money bags, miss."

* In some of the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' games the enemies drop money bags with a dollar sign on them. Surprisingly, a lot of the games take place outside the US and even before the dollar was issued for the first time.

* ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'', dollar signed bags are commonly found. These also increase the score.

* In ''Circus Charlie'', in one of the stages, there are dollar bags inside rings of fire.

* Wallets (which always resemble drawstring pouches) in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series always have a rupee on them. The denomination of rupee (determined by its color) indicates the relative capacity of the wallet. As with most examples, this serves as a necessary visual cue, as otherwise they could easily be confused with bomb bags or other items in Link's HyperspaceArsenal.